CVE-2023-4725

The Simple Posts Ticker WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sayandatta:simple_posts_ticker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 04:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-79~~

20 Oct 2023, 11:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7 -~~	(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9b9a594-c960-4692-823e-23fc60cca7e7 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:sayandatta:simple_posts_ticker::::::wordpress::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.8
First Time		Sayandatta simple Posts Ticker Sayandatta

16 Oct 2023, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-16 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 13:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-4725

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4725

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4725

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sayandatta

simple_posts_ticker

CWE

No CWE.

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